FC Dallas signed Paraguayan forward Cristian Colman to a young designated player contract on Thursday.

The 22-year-old joins the MLS club from Nacional, where he has scored 18 goals in 65 games since 2015.

Terms of the transfer were not disclosed. Goal.com reported earlier this month that Dallas paid the Paraguay club a $2 million fee to acquire Colman amid offers from such high-profile clubs as Mexico's Leon, Argentina's Lanus and Brazil's Sao Paulo and Gremio.

The club have an illustrious supporter: Pope Francis is a staunch San Lorenzo fan, and perhaps he organised a little divine intervention. Because this was a game won, not by the hand of God, but perhaps by a hand...

San Lorenzo players celebrate winning the Copa Libertadores over Nacional for the first Copa triumph in the team's 100-plus-year history.

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -- San Lorenzo of Argentina, Pope Francis' favourite team, defeated Paraguayan side Nacional 1-0 to win the Copa Libertadores title for the first time on Wednesday.

Nestor Ortigoza converted a penalty in the 36th minute to give the club their first major international title in their 106-year history. They clinched the title 2-1 on aggregate. The teams drew 1-1 last week in Paraguay.

Nacional manager Gustavo Morinigo praised their opponents San Lorenzo after they drew 1-1 in the Copa Libertadores.

The Argentine Championship kicked off at the weekend -- but San Lorenzo were not in action.

Their match against Olimpo was postponed to allow them to prepare for the second, decisive leg of the final of the Copa Libertadores, South America's equivalent of Europe's Champions League.

After last week's 1-1 draw in Asuncion, they stand all square at 1-1 with Nacional of Paraguay. A win in front of their own fans on Wednesday night will end a long wait for the continent's premier club prize. Semifinalists...